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Aug, 7, 19,23.' 1,463,833

' C. MUNTER CORSET Patented Aug. 7, 1923.

f UNITED STATE-S 1,463,833 PATENT 'OFM-C577 CHARLES HUNTER, OF YORK, N'T Y.

f ifi 1 CORSET..

Application mea Augustio, i921. serial No. 491,076.

c ,f To allwhom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, CHARLES M uiv'rnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York cityl borough of Manhattan, in the 5 county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and vuseful Corset, of which the following is a specification.

.This invention is a corset and relates vmore pa-rticularly to improvements on the corset or body conformer forming the subject matterof my prior Patent No. 848,47 9, of March 26th, 1907.

The corset ofk this prior patent has gone into extensive use and has been found to give highly superior results. VHowever, my close observation and kexperiments A in connection with corsets have shown that, in the case of certain individuals, advantages maybe imparted to said `corset by associating' therewith certainY adjunctive features and by modifying incertain particulars the specific lacing shown in my prior patent. f With the foregoing vconsiderations Y in mind, the present invention comprises a corvset wherein is embodied rin the'back ofthe corset above .thelacing and at the upper end of the back ,opening ancelastic gusset, the function of which will be hereinafter fully described. I also preferably employ a simiv largusset lat the lower end ofthe backopenin and lbelow'the lacing.`

. urthermore,vin some instances, I- iindit -advantageous to employin conjunction with oneorboth of` these ussets stay members additional to those dlsclosed in my prior patent, and so embodiedl in the. corset asto properly support the figure of `the Vwearer without undue restriction of movement.v In other instances, the lacing for regulating the 40 sine ofthe back opening mayadvantageously beextended abovethewaistline.` It will be .observed that, the 'gusset rispositioned in a cut-out portion of the corset sections, the body of each v,section being cut away a substantial distance to leachside of the opening 4so ythat thegussetbridges the cut-oli' portion and yextends across the opening. With this construction the openin maybe practicallyclosed, as shown. inv igt 2, and the edgesiof the sections brought together without pu'ckering` .or lfolding the elastic ofthe w gusset, which is confined-to the cut-out portion above-the-opening.

LvvAnother featurefwhich vI have found it desirable ,to employ at ,times is to discontinue theffront stayswhich extend; along the edge of the front opening of the corset a .l

short distance above the lower edge of the corset and to lace that portion of the front opening of the corset below the lower edge o s'aid stays.

Features of the invention, other than those adverted to, will be apparent from Vthe hereinafterdetailed description and claims, when read in conjunction with the accompanyingvdrawings.

The accompanying drawings illustrate different practical embodiments of the invention, but the constructions therein shown are tofbe understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure 1 is a' front view of the corset yin position on the wearer.

Figure 2 is a back view of the corset positioned on the wearer; and, l Figure 3 is a fragmental showing of the rear of thecorset at the portion thereof including the lowerpart of the back opening,

said figure illustrating a slightly modified form of the corset at the location illustrated.

The corset of the present invention is preferablyv made in two sections 1 and 2 ,the

upper and lower edges ofwhich are shaped to the ,desiredcontoun provided Withsuitable binding. The upper parts-ofvboth sec'- tions are secured together atthe back ofthe corsetby a gusset 3 of elastic material and the back opening lof the corset extends downwardly tothe lower edge of the corset from the bottom of the gussetv 3. Along either edge ofthe back opening 4, both of `the sections 1 and 2' are provided with eyelets 5 and laces l6 are threaded through the eyelets 5 and secured at'their opposite ends to-belt sections 7- and 8, fone of which is provided. with a buckle 9 to permit the belt tobesecured. about the body ofthe wearerunder the desired'tension to properly adjust the lacings and regulate the size of theback opening so thatv the corsetrwill properly conform to the figure. The front edges 'of the sections 1 and 2 are adapted to bev detachably united when the garment is wrapped about the figure by the, usual femaleand m-ale fastening devices 1 and 11, respectively, but the lower portion of the front opening is preferably provided for a short distance up from the bottom of 'the corset ,witheyelets 12, along either sidel thereof for the receptionofa lace 13 bymeans o f which sucli'lower; portionof the front r,opening may be laced together if desired. In' some in:

purpose of illustration, I have shown theii' l distributed throughout both sections 1 and 2 ina manner which iiiidliiglly advantageous. For exa1nple, it,wil1 b 0noted that there are stays i6' lld 17 exten ih' in sub'- stentielly psrellel relation elong t e oppositesides' of eeoh rowof eyelets oedjeoent the beek' operiin end edditionel stays may be positioned aisbng or adjacent the front edges ofthe corset.y other steys 18' sie preferebly disposed throughout the o orset, so

es to extend'downwerdly from the opper edge thereof towerd` the lower edge. ,d

It will be noted that certain of these' latter ste s extend substantially tothe lower i edgeo Vthe germent, while others sro discontinued et points tbove the lower-edge.

- The reeson for this arrangement. is to; give toi1 dnrestr'ioted morenientiofthe body end pertieiilerly to the limbs when the wearer essumes sittin posture. For example', Ifirid that if the stys over th hips are shortened slightly or grndiieted in .length es shown, that the corset will not bind es would be t Ae esse if the stays were extended entirely e to the bottom ofthe corset, end, `in like manner, this griidoetingof the length ofthe steys may be eorried ont in the front of the oorset.,

The corset es; described embodies many edrfentegeons tentures4 For exemple,- it will be noted' thett by positioning the elestio giiss'etjet the ripper portion of the beek opening, 4the u ertportion'of the oor'eet `will entorhetioeiy oonform `to the size of the portion ofthe body which; it overlies, so that in melting corsets embodyingA this fee;- ture greet n ioety of entting end fitting' is rendered unnecessary. oreover, the'large variety of sizes whioh'it is neeessery 4to terry in' 'stools if the upper portion of the back Of, the corset is rigid, is not nees'siary when the elestigo gusset is employed` s'inoe this gsset will compensate for slightly varying sizes and assurea snug conformatin ofgthe garment in all cases.

Fnrthermore,the employment of the elestie gusset 3 imports to the corset "ell ofthe sdventeges of e corset open-from top to `bottom `in the book, while obvieting the long recognized dise'dvantttges` in thev open back oorset. The gusset 3 elosely conforms to the portion of .the body 'which it overlies :ind is" soft and pliable so that chang In the form of the invention illustrated in igures 1 and 2, thebttck opening 4 extends from the gusset 3f d ireotl'y to the' bottom of thelotveredge ofthe eorset, though. 'if desired, f tney modify this construction bypoi'fidillgn Elastic gs'et ttll lowr end of the back op'nilg. Iii other wrds","1 provide an vvelastic gusset at both the top and bottom of thecprset in the medial line of the back'and forni a back opening between S'id gussets with suitable lacing for regulatingthe size of the back opening. Thus irl Figure 3 of the drawings, a fragmental showing is made illustratin la construction wherein the lower" portion o the back opens ing is 'closed'by an' elastic gusset 20, The gusset :i mey be employed without tine-gris-v set 2o orvioefverss. A pertionlsr styleof leeing o hes been shrnvnv in the (ironing es illiistretive, end thatI shown is preferred in practice, thoufi'li any forn of lading desired rosy' be nsed tfor regnlstingthe size ot the beek opening without dernirjtinirv lfromthis invention. y i n It will be noted that both the upper sind lower bindings of the corset aref shown :is

broken, edjeoent the dexiblegossets 3 end 2o, so es to permit `free extension of siioh gnjs'setjs' in' 'order that" the` corset may more efiioiently conform tothe body. This is the i preferred nninneiJ `of melting the corset', though if desired, thel` bindings referred to may" extend uninterruptedltr across 'the base ofthe gusset. `It will be obserredthetlboth of the gossets ere oonfinod to their respete tive cut-away portions, the bottorri gusset 'being positionedinA :itl portion out dwy from the' fody of eeoh corset section; manuel teding permitted independently of theelsstio, endthe elsstio functioning et the ends ot the corset with eifeotgby the insirnsl edistment inode by tlieleoing.

hile ell the speoifle tentures ldesoribed may7 be embodied iii the slne oset yet, in individuel enses, I moy dispense wit one or gstment ofthe coset along the waist' line more of said features ol'4 use thin `in other of `snbstentie111ythe niediol line of the beek thereof 'with e out-out portion, end h eving t downwardly from bfck opening extending U the edt-ont portion noross sind below the weist linejt'ofomn two oorsetseetions, theM dit-ont portion extendin eoross `seid openino and o substantiel istojnoe beyond the edge 'of end into the body of etch section,

nn elestio gusset oositioned in endbridging f seid ont-ont portion seid gusset `beine; sobabove said opening and eit'd'i substentiel distenoe toeeoh side oft e ind, the gusset entomn'tioellv conforming this portion of the'oorset to thefbust of the wearer while at the'same time permitting. a yielding action,lacings asssociated with the back opening, the upper end ofsaid lacings terminating at approximately the lower edge of said gussetso as not to interfere with the functioning of. the latter, said lacings extending across the waist line, and operating belts secured to said' lacings and extending around the corset tothe front of the same whereby non-yielding manual adjust-` :ment ofthe corset at the waist line may be yond the edge of and into the body of each` section, an elastic gusset positioned in and bridging said' cut-out portion, said gusset being substantially confined to said outout portion abovejffsaid opening and extendingl a substantial distance to each side of the opening, the gusset automatically conforming this portion of the corset to the bust .of the wearer while at the same time permitting a yielding action, lacings associated with the back opening, the upper end of said lacings terminating at approximatel the lower edge of said gusset so as not to interfere with the func.- tioning of the latter, and operating belts secured to' said lacings and extending around the corset tothe front of the same whereby Anon-yielding' .manual adjustment of the corset at the waist linemay be obtained.

CHARLES MUNTER. 

